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Bun-less Buc Night draws frank apology from Aramark
Aramark was frank in its promise to avoid another bun-less hot dog night at Friday’s Pirates game. A repeat of Wednesday’s Buc Night fiasco would be the wurst. The PNC Park concession provider promised to do better in a meaty response. “Last (Wednesday) night, our team was prepared, but unfortunately...
Reward offered for information on fatal Homestead shooting
A reward is being offered to anyone with information in a fatal February shooting in Homestead. Tre-Quan Embry, 22, of Homestead, died of a gunshot wound to the head at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh’s Uptown. The shooting occurred shortly after 12:30 a.m. Feb. 2 in the area of 311 East...
Baldwin community celebrates opening of new library
Baldwin Borough Public Library finally has the home staff and supporters have wanted for decades. On April 1, the library opened its doors at 5230 Wolfe Drive in a building all its own. “To be standing here now, it’s surreal,” said Tracy Bakowski, who has worked at the library for...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: April 5-7
It’s springtime and baseball is back along with other fun things to do this weekend. Festival time The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour is Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Byham Theater, Downtown. Stories of “remote journeys, ground-breaking expeditions, and cutting-edge adventures told through the eyes of adventurers,...
Western Pennsylvania teens accused of transmitting sexual images
Two Western Pennsylvania teenagers were charged in juvenile court by state police in Indiana for allegedly transmitting sexually explicit images. Trooper Daniel Bradley reported that a 15-year-old girl from White Township in Indiana County forwarded sexually explicit photographs of herself to a 16-year-old boy in Clearfield County. The boy is...
Ross house heavily damaged by fire, 2 escape unharmed
A three-alarm fire early Friday morning in Ross Township caused significant damage to a two-story home, according to authorities. Multiple fire departments responding to the blaze shortly after 6:30 a.m. in the 4500 block of Peoples Road encountered heavy smoke pouring from the frame structure. Peoples Road between Ivory Avenue...
Pa. inmate suffers brain injuries in attack, remains in coma
EAGLEVILLE — Authorities say a Pennsylvania county jail inmate critically injured his cellmate during an attack in which he stomped on the man’s head more than 20 times. Joseph Hodum faces several counts, including attempted murder, stemming from Saturday’s attack. Bail was set at $1 million for the 38-year-old Philadelphia...
State DEP investigating Plum well water contamination
State Department of Environmental Protection officials are investigating complaints of well water contamination in Plum. The department received two complaints in August, a few months after the drilling for natural gas at Monroeville-based Huntley & Huntley Energy Exploration’s Midas well pad on 92 acres near Coxcomb Hill Road in the...
Pennsylvania flu hospitalizations up 62% in 2018
The flu sent more than 8,600 Pennsylvanians to the hospital last season, a 62% increase over the previous season, a new report shows. Released last week by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, the report found a wide variation in admissions over the past several flu seasons. The 8,647...
Police arrest Pittsburgh man in fatal Arnold shooting
A Pittsburgh man faces charges in an early Friday shooting that left a 27-year-old Arnold man dead, according to detectives. Shawden L. Ross, 32, of Pittsburgh is charged with homicide and other charges in the shooting death of Lamont Simmons, 27, investigators said. At about 4 a.m. Friday, police responded...
Macy’s Backstage headed for South Hills Village
Let’s go shopping. Macy’s will open a Macy’s Backstage inside South Hills Village with a grand-opening celebration April 13. This concept is known as a store within a store, with merchandise offered at 20 to 80% off traditional department store prices. The shop will have 12,800 square feet of dedicated...
Hampton school district five-year plan presented
The five-year facilities improvement plan providing a list of improvement projects throughout the school district was presented at the Hampton Township School Board meeting April 1. The plan is a guide to various needs throughout the buildings and grounds of the school district from 2019-20 to 2023-24, according to Rick...
Claridge fish fry top vote-getter
And the winner of the contest for best fish fry in Westmoreland County is … drumroll, please … the Claridge Volunteer Fire Department in Penn Township. Those Claridge firefighters were at the top of the Top 10 Fish Fries of Westmoreland County, according to Jason Saunders, president of The Print...
Nonprofit: Don’t forget aesthetics in Brewery Bridge redo
Officials with the nonprofit Latrobe Community Revitalization Program hope there will be an allowance for aesthetics when new side barriers are installed as part of a replacement of the Brewery Bridge on Ligonier Street in 2021. Executive Director Jarod Trunzo said the nonprofit is working with Latrobe and Westmoreland County...
Reading advocate visits P-R elementary schools, shares love of books
John Schu is an advocate for school libraries, and when he speaks to students and teachers, his exuberance for children’s literature and reading is palpable. Schu, whose official title is ambassador for school libraries for Scholastic Book Fairs, travels around the country more than 200 days per year sharing his...
Carnegie officials seek traffic flow improvement
Carnegie leaders are working to improve traffic patterns and signaling at the intersection of Jefferson and West Main streets at the entrance to the borough’s downtown business district. Traffic signals were put in at the intersection in 2010, and technology has improved since then, borough Manager Steve Beuter said. The...
Arsonist believed to be setting fires along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County
A serial arsonist is believed to be on the loose along Derry Ridge in Westmoreland County, a forest fire specialist with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry said Friday. A remote fire Thursday in Derry Township where police and military helicopters were called in to direct...
Tools, copper wire taken from East Huntingdon site, police say
Over $40,000 worth of tools and copper wiring was taken from an East Huntingdon Township job site last month, police said. Supplies allegedly were stolen from Butler man and a Portage man who were working at a Goodwill store at 100 Crossroads Plaza. A conduit bender, a layout tool, a...
Turtle Creek man gets 4 years behind bars for illegally owning AR-15 engraved with ‘Let it rain’
A Turtle Creek man was sentenced to four years and three months behind bars after twice getting caught illegally owning weapons — including an AR-15 rifle with the engraving, “Let it rain,” prosecutors said Thursday. Iklas Richard Davis, 38, pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges following three days of trial...
SCORE to present workshops on social media, business basics
An organization of retired entrepreneurs will present two free workshops on business-related topics this month at the Norwin Public Library on Caruthers Lane in Irwin. Westmoreland SCORE — Service Corps of Retired Executives — will present “Small Business Basics” from 5-7:30 p.m. April 15 for those wanting to start their...
Pleasant Unity community breathes new life into ballfield
Almost 50 years after the last official pitch was thrown, a Pleasant Unity baseball field has new life breathed into it. Located behind the Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department, what was once a grassy spot where kids occasionally threw a ball around, is now a functioning baseball field with an...
DUI, drug cases among those recently handled by Judge Herbst in Monroeville – Apr. 4, 2019
Monroeville District Court Judge Jeffrey Herbst handled these cases recently. Defendants will have court dates set in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. Charges were filed by Monroeville police unless otherwise noted. Held for courtDaniel Giron, 37, of Monroeville on charges of strangulation, terroristic threats and five counts of...
Drug, theft cases among recent Monroeville police investigations – Apr. 4, 2019
Monroeville police filed the following charges March 23 to April 2 in District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office: • Joel Tamenne, 26, of Pittsburgh with retail theft. Charges were filed March 28 in connection with an incident along the 4000 block of Monroeville Boulevard. • Fahad Ahmed, 36, of Monroeville...
Cheswick approves police merger with Springdale Township
The proposed Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department took another step toward reality Thursday night. Cheswick Council voted unanimously to approve a merger of police services with neighboring Springdale Township. Soon, Springdale Township will take a similar vote that, if it passes, would make the merger happen. The combined force could...
Hempfield historical society to reopen library with 3,500 history books
More than 3,500 Westmoreland County and family history books will soon be available to the public again at the former Zion Church in Hempfield. The Paul Miller Ruff Library in the former church is scheduled to reopen after being closed for seven months to reorganize the books, said Thomas Harrold,...
